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Added in API level 1

GenericArrayType

interface GenericArrayType : Type
java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType

GenericArrayType represents an array type whose component type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.

Summary

Public methods
abstract Type

Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array.
Inherited functions

Public methods

getGenericComponentType

Added in API level 1
abstract fun getGenericComponentType(): Type

Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array. This method creates the component type of the array. See the declaration of ParameterizedType for the semantics of the creation process for parameterized types and see TypeVariable for the creation process for type variables.

Return
Type a Type object representing the component type of this array
Exceptions
java.lang.TypeNotPresentException if the underlying array type's component type refers to a non-existent type declaration
java.lang.reflect.MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the underlying array type's component type refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

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Last updated 2026-02-13 UTC.

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